Literature

  • 1st Trimster: "Flowers for Algernon," Frankenstein
  • 2nd Trimester: And Then There Were None, poetry
  • 3rd Trimester: The Diary of Anne Frank, career study

Diary of Anne Frank

TO READ:
Google book version of the actual diary, Diary of a Young Girl. Incomplete version, includes diagrams.
Complete text version of the actual diary, Diary of a Young Girl, without diagrams.

TO WATCH:
World War II Death Count (video we watched as an intro to the Holocaust)
Diary of Anne Frank 2009 Edition- full movie

OTHER LINKS
The Butterfly Project
Holocaust Timeline
World War II Timeline
The Secret Annex Online (virtual tour)
Official Anne Frank Website
Anne Frank: The Whole Story

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Full text of the story

Project Downloads:

Videos:

Parodies: Spongebob and The Simpsons


Agatha Christie- Murder/Mystery Genre

Retold Grading

"Retold" Tips:

  1. Don't use unnecessary explanations ("The significant differences are...")
  2. Don't assume Mr. Williams knows what you mean by using generalizations.
  3. Differences: Make them opposites, not one-sided.

LAST YEAR:

The Landlady

Full text
"Dip In the Pool" by Roald Dahl

The Tell-Tale Heart

Full text of the story

Videos

Parodies: Spongebob and The Simpsons

"The Raven" Videos

Trilobite Version
Aaron Quinn Version
Christopher Walken Version
Vincent Price Version
Christopher Lee Version
Music Version
James Earl Jones Version

Interactive "The Raven"


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Agatha Christie

Full text of And Then There Were None

Flowers for Algernon- full text version of what we read in class (although this is NOT the full version of the actual novel)

Ten Little Native Americans Video by Jacob T.


Harry Potter Cover Art